Common Core Advocates Biggest Losers in Iowa

Well I’m back from a break as I was focused on covering the Iowa Caucuses, and the results from last night’s vote is pretty telling. Common Core advocates were among the biggest losers in Iowa.

Common Core certainly wasn’t the most visible issue in the last few weeks leading up to Iowa, but early in the year leading up to the Caucuses it was a question I heard a lot at various town hall meetings. It was something mentioned by virtually all of the campaigns minus a couple who tried to avoid the topic. It flew under the radar, but it was an issue that helped to divide the wheat from the chaff. Not the only issue, mind you, but it was one of the issues.

How can I say this? Look at the results.

The top five candidates coming out of the Iowa Caucuses – Ted Cruz, Donald Trump, Marco Rubio (albeit his record is not perfect), Ben Carson, and Rand Paul have all verbally opposed the Common Core State Standards.

The two candidates who still supported the standards – Jeb Bush and John Kasich received a total of 8,712 out of over 186,000 votes cast. That is a stinging rebuke.

Former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee, who won the 2008 Iowa Caucuses, tried to distance himself from previous support of the Common Core State Standards, but most of the grassroots in Iowa didn’t buy it. That issue among others at play derailed his campaign. He only received 1.8% of the vote (3,345 votes). To put this in perspective in 2008 he had set the record for the most votes cast for a candidate. That was shattered last night.

Comments

Please address Anita Hoge’s article on NewsWithViews.com of Feb 6 2016, “Ted Cruz, Common Core, Homeschooling and his proposed S-306 Bill”. She asserts Cruz forces CC on to every private, religious and homeschool in the country with his proposed S 306. I am utterly OPPOSED TO COMMON CORE, but no matter the proof that it is an abject FAILURE, the government of both parties seem DETERMINED TO SHOVE IT DOWN OUR THROATS WITH OUR MONEY! I look forward to your comments. (bonnie)

It seems Anita might be reading a little too much into things in this case…. Look at what HSLDA has said about the matter, and look at what Ted Cruz himself says as well. You can also check the Redstate.com site at present because there is a bit of a dust-up happening on the issue.

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